Welcome Chicago AAS Teach-In Participants

Background

• San Francisco State University 1969
  (College of Ethnic Studies evolves out of "Third World Student Strike")
• UCLA Asian American Studies Center 1969
• East Coast Asian Student Union 1978
• Association for Asian American Studies founded in 1979
• Cornell University 1987
  (First Ivy League school)

History of Asian American Studies in the Midwest

- OVERVIEW: History of AAS in the Big Ten (from UIUC)

• Midwestern Asian American Student Union 1989
• University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 1989 (Concentration Track within American Culture Program)
• AAAS "East of California" Caucus Conference 1990-1 (?)
• University of Wisconsin - Madison 1991  (First formal Program, with certificate)
• Ohio State University - Columbus 1997
• Northwestern University 1999
• University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign 2000
• Committee for Institutional Cooperation (Big 10 [12, actually] AAS)

 After AASP, What's Next?

• UCLA Asian American Studies Department 2000
  [About Departmentalization]
• Article: "The Future of Ethnic Studies: Cornell Must Make Departments from Programs" 2002
• Pacific Islands Studies 2006 ???
  [Privatized international studies programs responding to leadership needs and business globalization]

Select Features of Interest from AAV

• U.S. Universities Face Turbulent Times Ahead
  By June Kronholz, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
  All across campus, changes are coming for students, faculty, administrators and parents alike
• National Organizations Serving Asian-Pacific American Students
  By Asian-American Village Staff
  Student Unions, Professional Student Organizations, Asian American Studies, more
• Building Asian American and Ethnic Studies in the Midwest
  By Sharon S. Lee, U. Illinois-Urbana Champaign AAS
  Challenges, growth prospects, and new opportunities in the Heartland
• Touring UCLA Asian American Studies Center
  By Yayoi Lena Winfrey, AAV Contributing Editor
  'The Movement and the Moment' focuses on the origins of Asian American Studies
• Northeastern University Launches New Asian American Center
  By Adam Smith, SAMPAN
  A Talk with AAC Director Andrew Shen
• "Brush Up on Your Sui Sin Far"
  By Amy Ling, PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  Looking for some good reading? Here’s the syllabus for Asian American Women Writers, a popular course offered by Univ. of Wisconsin Asian American Studies Director and English professor Amy Ling
• "Objective Reality" and the Hawai'i of the Mind
  By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Asian-American Village
  Part 6 of “Becoming Asian American” series looks at truth, truisms, and virtual community
• Life and School in a Foreign Country
  By Pa Lee, FutureHmong Magazine
  A recent U Wisconsin graduate details her enriching, final senior semester spent studying in Thailand
• Lessons from My Freshman Year--The Meaning of Diversity
  By Nelson Tam, Pacific News Service
  For all the talk the PC types put out about defying stereotypes and the need for diversity, what really counts are personal relationships
• Education Culture Gap
  By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Asian-American Village
  Tugging at a few threads of truth behind the "Model Minority" myth
• School Daze- The Smart Asian Syndrome
  By Gil Asakawa, Nikkei View
  Aren't we all supposed to be smart, especially in math and science?
• Race on Campus
  By David Pego, IMDiversity Contributing Editor
  Returning after a 30-year absence to finally finish his degree, the author is writing a series for the campus newspaper about what it is like to be a student of color in a university setting where there is little diversity
• Education, Academia, Study Department at Asian American Village
   
• Readings by Stewart Ikeda
• Readings by Alec MacDonald
• Asian American Coalition Committee @ UIC
• Google Karen Su
• Google Judy Wu
• Google Eric Salcedo
• JACL Chicago Jobs Center powered by IMDiversity
• Asian American Village Home